Bottle carrier



Dec. 19, 1922.

R. C. WARNER.

BOTTLE CARRIER.

FILED JUNE 23. 1922.

Patented DeolQ, 1922, a v

RAIiPI-I C. KIVARNER, OF MABSI-IFIELD, OREGON.

BOTTLE CARRIER. i

Application filed June 23, 1922. Serial No. 570,285

To all/whom it may concern: e v I Be it known that RALPH 'C. human, 21cltizen of the Unlted States of America, re-

siding at Marshfield, in the county of Coos and State of Oregon, hasinvented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Carriers, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

v The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientconstruction of bottle carrier particularly adapted for use inconnection with wide II1OIlthbOiJtlQS such as those employed for milkand similar comlmoditiesas a means of facilitating the'transportationthereof; and with this object in fe-rred embodiment is shown in theaccompa'nying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is aside View of a earnerconstructed inaccordance with the invention.

, Figure 2 is a planview of the carrier detached. I 1 w 'Figure 3 is asimilar view of the band alone. i Figure 4 is asi ilar View of the latchalone.

The device consists essentially of a band or ring '10 adapted forembracingthe neck of a bottle 11 beneath the lip orrim 12 thereconsisting of a sutiiciently stout wire provided at diametricallyopposite points with coils 13f0r engagement by the terminals of a baillet which may be arranged in spanning relation with the top of thebottleto serve as a means of carrying the same or may be 7 site direction theband may be expanded to facilitate moving the same over the terminalview the'invention consists in. a construction and comblnatlon of partsof which preof, said band in the construction illustrated hold the latchswinging movement of thelatch in the oppo-- head or lip '12 in applyingorremoving the same from the bottle. The latch at it'sfifree end isprovided with a loop forming a finger hold 20 and in addition theretothe extremity of'the blank forming the latch is deflected to provide afinger 21adapted to engage an eye 22 consisting of a further coil of theband to hold the latch in its hand contracting position. To expand theband so as to apply it to the bottle or 'rernoveit therefrom the finger21 should be disengagedfrom the eye 22 and swung in the. directionindicated by the arrowin Figure 1, and after having positioned the handon the neck of the bottle a swinging movement of the latch in theopteases posite y direction will contract ,tl1e ;band' I whereuponthefinger 21 may be 'reengaged with the catch eye 22 to" lock the hand inplace; i i

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1.A bottle carrier having hand of variable dlameter provided with meansfo'rthe attachment of a bail and having terminal eyes, and a latchhaving terminal and inter mediate eyes respectively engaging theterminal eyes of the band and movable relative to the band to expand orcontract the latter, said band and latch consisting of blanks of wirewith the latter provided at its free end with means for engagement withthe hand to hold the latch in its band contracting position. I e

k 2. Al bottle carrier having a band of variable diameter provided withmeans for the attachment of a bail and having terminal eyes and a latchhaving terminal and intermediate eyes respectively engaging theterniinaleyes of the hand and moi-able to expand or contract the latter" saidhand and latch consisting ofblanks of wire with the latter provided atits free end with a loop forming a finger hold with the extremity of theblank deflected toforni' a catch linger for interlocking;engagement withthe hand to in its hand contracting position. I it v 3. A bottle carrierhaving a band of variable diameterprovided with-means for the attachmentof a bail and having terminal eyes and a latch having terminal andintermed ate eyes respectively engaging the terw mine]. eyes of the bandand movable to exhold the latch in its hand contracting posipandorcontract the latter, said band and tion, one of the latch eyes beingopen to perlateh consisting of blanks of wire with the emit ofdisengagement thereof to separate the 10 letter provided at its freeendwith at 100p X l S 0 e ba forming a finger hold with the extremity ofIn testimony whereof he a'ffixes his signw the blank deflected toforni2; Catch finger for hire; t t i it t interlocking engagement vwith theband to RALPH C. WARNER.

